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THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

The high energy youth model. These boards come with XXX rating, made and designed for accomplished surfers who are looking for unreal small wave performance. Generally, concaves are accentuated, low volume throughout and super light glassing make these challenging boards to ride and push performance levels to the max. Be warned, if you tame the beast you will never go back to anything else. Whippa-Snappa’s are generally under 6.2ft.

• Model: Surf Pirate
• Code: HHB3448
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 10"
• Width: 18 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 3/4"
• Litres: 27L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Kelly
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

Good for the adventurous, wanting to experience and experiment with drawing different lines on waves like it was done in the old days. But there’s nothing old about the way the boards move – super fast and smooth. The sizes, shapes and glassing all vary depending on the style of board, with old school glassing and polishing for some of that old style.

• Model: Flying Fish
• Code: HHB3434
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 10"
• Width: 20 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 5/8"
• Litres: 33.3L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Swallow with wings
• Fin Plugs: Futures
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

Good for the adventurous, wanting to experience and experiment with drawing different lines on waves like it was done in the old days. But there’s nothing old about the way the boards move – super fast and smooth. The sizes, shapes and glassing all vary depending on the style of board, with old school glassing and polishing for some of that old style.

• Model: Flying Fish
• Code: HHB3449
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 10"
• Width: 20 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 5/8"
• Litres: 33L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Swallow
• Fin Plugs: Futures
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced
  

Please Note: This product will incur additional shipping costs above the flat rate of R230 due to weight and fragility. This charge will be quoted for and added to your final invoice before shipping.

THIS BOARD

This board features a wide forward outline with round forgiving rails, a flatter deck and a wide “hexagon” tail. The rocker is extremely low in the entry, for instant speed from take off, with a natural smooth flip in the tail for tight arcs out of turns. A good all-rounder that can be effectively ridden 4″ to 6″ shorter, 1/8″ thinner, and just slightly wider than your normal short board without sacrificing any carve or drive. The Young Blood is like no other model. Also available with 2 or 4 channels or a 5 fin set up so it can be ridden as a thruster or a quad.

• Model: Young Blood
• Type: Performance
• Code: 229055
• Shaper: Elton Ireland
• Length: 5' 10"
• Width: 20.47"
• Thickness: 2.51"
• Litres: 34.06L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Hexagon Tail
• Fin Plugs: Futures
• Recommended Rider: Experienced

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

The high energy youth model. These boards come with XXX rating, made and designed for accomplished surfers who are looking for unreal small wave performance. Generally, concaves are accentuated, low volume throughout and super light glassing make these challenging boards to ride and push performance levels to the max. Be warned, if you tame the beast you will never go back to anything else. Whippa-Snappa’s are generally under 6.2ft.

• Model: Surf Pirate
• Code: HHB3404
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 2"
• Width: 19 1/4"
• Thickness: 2 1/4"
• Litres: 23.3L
• Top Deck Spray: Blue
• Bottom Deck Spray: Blue
• Tail Shape: POD Fusion
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures 
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

The high energy youth model. These boards come with XXX rating, made and designed for accomplished surfers who are looking for unreal small wave performance. Generally, concaves are accentuated, low volume throughout and super light glassing make these challenging boards to ride and push performance levels to the max. Be warned, if you tame the beast you will never go back to anything else. Whippa-Snappa’s are generally under 6.2ft.

• Model: Surf Pirate
• Code: HHB3410
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 6"
• Width: 18 1/2
• Thickness: 2 1/4"
• Litres: 25.1L
• Top Deck Spray: Light Green 
• Bottom Deck Spray: Light Green 
• Tail Shape: POD
• Fin Plugs: Thruster FCS II
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

The high energy youth model. These boards come with XXX rating, made and designed for accomplished surfers who are looking for unreal small wave performance. Generally, concaves are accentuated, low volume throughout and super light glassing make these challenging boards to ride and push performance levels to the max. Be warned, if you tame the beast you will never go back to anything else. Whippa-Snappa’s are generally under 6.2ft.

• Model: Surf Pirate
• Code: HHB3417
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 6"
• Width: 18 1/2
• Thickness: 2 1/4"
• Litres: 25.1L
• Top Deck Spray: Light Blue
• Bottom Deck Spray: Light Blue
• Tail Shape: Kelly
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

Good for the adventurous, wanting to experience and experiment with drawing different lines on waves like it was done in the old days. But there’s nothing old about the way the boards move – super fast and smooth. The sizes, shapes and glassing all vary depending on the style of board, with old school glassing and polishing for some of that old style.

• Model: Flying Fish
• Code: HHB3305
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 6"
• Width: 20
• Thickness: 2 1/2"
• Litres: 29L
• Top Deck Spray: Orange centre fade with black rail
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Swallow with wings
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Fusion
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

These boards are coming back into fashion and come either with the classic twin fin set up or as a quad. They are easy to surf and paddle and handle a variety of surf conditions. Perfect for the novice through to the experienced surfers using a quad setup, there are plenty of barrels waiting. This is the type of board you will have in your quiver forever and looks great with a resin tint, fabric inlay and high polish.

• Model: Mini Simmons
• Code: HHB3089
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 8"
• Width: 20
• Thickness: 2 1/2"
• Litres: 36.5L
• Top Deck Spray: Retro High Polish Resin Tint Blue & Red
• Bottom Deck Spray: Retro High Polish Resin Tint Blue & Red
• Tail Shape: Square
• Fin Plugs: 5 Fin Fusion
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

Good for the adventurous, wanting to experience and experiment with drawing different lines on waves like it was done in the old days. But there’s nothing old about the way the boards move – super fast and smooth. The sizes, shapes and glassing all vary depending on the style of board, with old school glassing and polishing for some of that old style.

• Model: Flying Fish
• Code: HHB3397
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5' 8"
• Width: 20"
• Thickness: 2 1/2
• Litres: 31.2L
• Top Deck Spray: Resin Tint Fabric Inlay
• Bottom Deck Spray: Resin Tint
• Tail Shape: Swallow
• Fin Plugs: Thruster FCS II
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

Good for the adventurous, wanting to experience and experiment with drawing different lines on waves like it was done in the old days. But there’s nothing old about the way the boards move – super fast and smooth. The sizes, shapes and glassing all vary depending on the style of board, with old school glassing and polishing for some of that old style.

• Model: Flying Fish
• Code: HHB3398
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5.8ft
• Width: 20
• Thickness: 2.5
• Litres: 31.2L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Swallow
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

Good for the adventurous, wanting to experience and experiment with drawing different lines on waves like it was done in the old days. But there’s nothing old about the way the boards move – super fast and smooth. The sizes, shapes and glassing all vary depending on the style of board, with old school glassing and polishing for some of that old style.

• Model: Flying Fish
• Code: HHB3396
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 5.6ft
• Width: 20
• Thickness: 2.5
• Litres: 29.9L
• Top Deck Spray: Resin Tint
• Bottom Deck Spray: Resin Tint
• Tail Shape: Swallow
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced
  

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

This is your all round performance short board for guys who like a bit more length or volume but still want to go ballistic. Featuring a fuller outline, they are ideal for guys who are experienced surfers but just don’t surf as much as they were when they were 18. Single into double concave for generating speed in the flats and slightly more forgiving rails, allowing you to fly like the wind and hook it in the pocket like a madman without bogging. Big Boy models are anywhere from 6.0ft and upwards, glassed strong but light like a good board should be.

• Model: Sea Dog
• Type: Big Boy
• Code: HHB3337
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 6' 0"
• Width: 19 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 5/8"
• Litres: 33.3L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear with black rand blue rails
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: POD
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

This is your all round performance short board for guys who like a bit more length or volume but still want to go ballistic. Featuring a fuller outline, they are ideal for guys who are experienced surfers but just don’t surf as much as they were when they were 18. Single into double concave for generating speed in the flats and slightly more forgiving rails, allowing you to fly like the wind and hook it in the pocket like a madman without bogging. Big Boy models are anywhere from 6.0ft and upwards, glassed strong but light like a good board should be.

• Second Hand
• Model: Sea Dog
• Type: Big Boy
• Code: HHB3375
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 6' 0"
• Width: 19 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 5/8"
• Litres: 33.3L
• Top Deck Spray: Green
• Bottom Deck Spray: Green
• Tail Shape: POD
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

This is your all round performance short board for guys who like a bit more length or volume but still want to go ballistic. Featuring a fuller outline, they are ideal for guys who are experienced surfers but just don’t surf as much as they were when they were 18. Single into double concave for generating speed in the flats and slightly more forgiving rails, allowing you to fly like the wind and hook it in the pocket like a madman without bogging. Big Boy models are anywhere from 6.0ft and upwards, glassed strong but light like a good board should be.

• Model: Sea Dog
• Type: Big Boy
• Code: HHB3418
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 6' 0"
• Width: 19 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 5/8"
• Litres: 33.3L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Wing Swallow
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

This is your all round performance short board for guys who like a bit more length or volume but still want to go ballistic. Featuring a fuller outline, they are ideal for guys who are experienced surfers but just don’t surf as much as they were when they were 18. Single into double concave for generating speed in the flats and slightly more forgiving rails, allowing you to fly like the wind and hook it in the pocket like a madman without bogging. Big Boy models are anywhere from 6.0ft and upwards, glassed strong but light like a good board should be.

• Model: Sea Dog
• Type: Big Boy
• Code: HHB3428
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 6' 0"
• Width: 19 1/2"
• Thickness: 2 5/8"
• Litres: 33.3L
• Top Deck Spray: Light Blue
• Bottom Deck Spray: Light Blue
• Tail Shape: Round
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Intermediate - Experienced

THE HISTORY OF HUTCHISON HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS 

Hutchison Handcrafted Surfboards is a roots-up surfboard shaping company, living large on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Johno Hutchison AKA “HUTCH”, has been making quality handcrafted surfboards for the past 30 years and piles his trade, daily in his humble home based shaping bay in sub-tropical Ballito, specializing in custom hand-shaped surfboards to suit each individual surfer’s needs. Using only the finest materials, each surfboard is shaped, designed and custom built to your exact specifications, with no shortcuts taken. These boards are inspired by the past, present and future of board design. Johno enjoys making boards reminiscent of days past and keenly keeps an idea of what’s happening in designs of the present. Travelling abroad and locally, being involved in contests and surfing different spots helps keep his shapes fresh.

THIS BOARD

The high energy youth model. These boards come with XXX rating, made and designed for accomplished surfers who are looking for unreal small wave performance. Generally, concaves are accentuated, low volume throughout and super light glassing make these challenging boards to ride and push performance levels to the max. Be warned, if you tame the beast you will never go back to anything else. Whippa-Snappa’s are generally under 6.2ft.

• Model: Surf Pirate
• Code: HHB3436
• Shaper: Johno Hutchison
• Length: 6' 0"
• Width: 19"
• Thickness: 2 3/8"
• Litres: 28.6L
• Top Deck Spray: Clear
• Bottom Deck Spray: Clear
• Tail Shape: Kelly
• Fin Plugs: Thruster Futures
• Recommended Rider: Beginner - Experienced